TOP RUNNERS MEN'S RACE

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1 TOP RUNNERS MEN'S RACE 5 KIPCHUMBA Jafred Chirchir (KENYA) 2:05:48 MAR: 2:05:48 (Eindhoven 2011) WON MARATHONS IN EINDHOVEN 2011 AND MILAN nd Seville 2015 and Torto 2010; 3rd Barcela 2016 and Lodz 2017; 6th Wien and Istanbul 2009 Was born in Keiyo District His manager is Italy's Antio Nanni Has been training as a professial runner since 2003 Ran his first marath in 2009 (6th in Wien, 2:10:42) In 2010 w Milan marath in 2:09:15, after dropping in final kilometers former 10,000m world champi Charles Kamathi In 2011 w Eindhoven marath with a stunning 2:05:48 (13th time in world that year) and broke course record for more than a minute Has run 12 maraths in his career: for three times he ran faster that 2:10 Keiyo, 8 August ,78 x 60 6 JIFAR Biruk Assefa (ETHIOPIA) 2:16:05 MAR: 2:16:05 (Pune 2017) HMAR: 67:00 (Darica 2017) 10th Pune 2017 His manager is Italy's Antio Nanni Debuted marath distance in Pune, India, and was 10th in 2:16: KANGOGO Paul Kios (KENYA) 2:11:39 MAR: 2:11:39 (Dgguan 2016) W marath in San Paolo nd Palermo 2009 and Singapore 2016; 4th Dgguan 2016 and Warsaw 2017 His manager is Italy's Antio Nanni Debuted marath distance in 2008 in Nairobi, in classical race to discover rising stars in, and closed with a time of 2:22:09 Has run 7 maraths in his career 1989

2 8 KIPSAAT Maw (KENYA) 2:09:19 MAR: 2:09:19 (Rome 2017) HMAR: 67:07 (Pan'an 2016) W Maraths in Las Palmas 2017 and Tunisi TH AT ROME MARATHON 2017 His manager is Holland's Gerard Van de Veen Debuted marath distance in 2016 with a time of 2:22:30 in Bayan In November 2016 w Tunisi marath in 2:13:39, with an improvement of 9 minutes In 2017 w Gran Canaria Maratón in Las Palmas, his first race in Europe, and set course record (2:13:19) Two mths later broke for first time 2:10-wall in Rome 23 March GEBRU Girmay Birhanu (ETHIOPIA) Tigray, 27 January :05:49 MAR: 2:05:49 (Dubai 2014) HMAR: 61:08 (Lilla 2014) WON MARATHONS IN BEIJING 2014, DAEGU AND OTTAWA ND AT ROME MARATHON IN nd Ljubljana 2012, Praha and Amsterdam 2013, Beijing 2017; 3rd Dubai 2014; 4th Chicago 2015; 8th Dubai 2015; 13th Dubai 2013 His manager is Italy's Gianni Demadna Debuted marath distance in 2012 in Ljubljana, where he was 2nd in 2:11:20 In 2013 ran a stunning record of 5 maraths in e year and for four times ran faster than 2:10: 2:09:48 in Dubai, 2:08:11 with a 2nd place in Rome, 2:09:30 in Praha and a very strg 2:06:06 in Amsterdam in October In 2014 improved his with a 2:05:49 run in Dubai (3rd place) In 2015 ran 2:08:56 in Dubai and n w in Daegu (2:07:26) and Ottawa (2:08:14) Has run 13 maraths, 8 times faster than 2:10 12 BIRECH Cosmas Jairus Kipchoge (KENYA) 2:08:45 MAR: 2:08:45 (Eindhoven 2017) HMAR: 60:23 (Lilla 2015) 2nd Cannes 2017, 5th Eindhoven 2017 Lives in Eldoret His manager is Italy's Gianni Demadna Has almost same name as steeplechaser Jairus Birech ( 7:58:41) and in 2015 some media made a mistake and said that he surprisingly ran in few days a 3,000s in Weltklasse in Zurich (8:15:64) and a 60:23 half marath Is a very strg runner in half maraths: for three times he ran faster than 61:00, but he has also 4 results between 61:01 and 61:05 Debuted marath distance just last year in Tokyo, but he was DNF In his secd try in Eindhoven closed with a good 2:08:45 Nandi, 21 March ,76 x 63

3 13 AKOPESHA Abraham Kasgwor (KENYA) 2:10:12 MAR: 2:10:12 (Paris 2017) HMAR: 60:25 (Istanbul 2015) 11th Paris 2017 Lives in Kapenguria, capital citiy of West Pokot county His manager is Italy's Gianni Demadna Has good s also 3,000m (7:51.46) and 5,000m ( ) track, set in 2011 when just 18 years old In 2014 began racing road Debuted marath distance in 2017 in Paris and was 11th with a time of 2:10:12 West Pokot, 10 December GONFA Dejene Debela (ETHIOPIA) 9 January ,80 x 62 2:07:10 MAR: 2:07:10 (Eindhoven 2017) HMAR: 63:28 (Goteborg 2017) 2018 MAR: 2:11:22 (Xiamen 7-1) W Marath in Xiamen th Eindhoven 2017, 11th Dubai 2017 Lives in Addis Abeba and is coached by Haji Adilo His manager is Hussein Makke Has also of 7: ,000m and ,000m track In 2016 debuted marath distance with a time of 2:10:13 in Eindhoven, where in 2017 he set a strg of 2:07:10 Was e of pacemaker of #breaking2 project, unofficial race organized by Nike for running marath under 2 hours in Mza, where Eliud Kipchoge closed in 2:00:25 This year has already run a marath in Xiamen, where he outsprinted in final countrymates Ayele Abshero (a 2:04:23 marath runner) and Tariku Bekele, Kenenisa's bror 16 LIYEW Shengo Kebede (ETHIOPIA) 2:09:53 MAR: 2:09:53 (Dusseldorf 2013) 4th Dusseldorf 2013 and 2014; 8th Marrakech 2015 and Wien 2016; 11th Amsterdam 2013; 14th Eindhoven 2012 His manager is Hussein Makke Debuted marath distance in 2012 in Eindhoven (2:16:17) In 2013, in his secd marath in life, broke 2:10 in Dusseldorf (2:09:53) Has run 9 maraths in career 1989

4 18 CLOHISEY Mick (IRELAND) Dublin, Irlanda 13 January ,80 x 64 MAR: 2:14:55 (Seville 2018) HMAR: 64:25 (Waterford 2016) 2018 MAR: 2:14:55 (Seville 25-2) 22nd at WCh in Ld th Seville 2016; 12th Seville 2018; 18th Rotterdam 2015; 22nd Ld 2017, 29th Berlin 2015 Lives in Dublin Races for Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club, most importante club of Ireland's capital city Coached by Dick Hooper His manager is Hussein Makke Was natial champi half marath in 2014 In 2016 was 32nd at European Champiships in Amsterdam half marath Debuted marath distance in 2015 with 2:17:43 in Rotterdam Closed 102nd at Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016 with a time of 2:26:34 Raced for Ireland team also in ten editis of cross country European Champiships (a 10th place in 2017 was his best result) and in e editi of World Champiships in EGGLESTON Jeffrey (UNITED STATES) Rochster, New York (USA) 1 October :14:55 2:10:52 MAR: 2:10:52 (Brisbane 2014) HMAR: 62:41 (Houst 2015) W maraths in Lima and San Diego th at WCh in Moscow st Pittsburgh 2011 and The Woodlands 2012; 2nd Pittsburgh 2012, Brisbane 2014; 4th Warsaw 2017; 8th San Diego 2012 and Bost 2014; 12th Bost 2015; 13th Los Angeles 2016; 14th New York 2013; 16th Chicago 2012; 17th Paris 2013; Dublin 2015, 2016; 13th Seoul 2016 Lives in Boulder, Colorado His manager is Hussein Makke Used to play football when he was a student Has a degree from University of Virginia Debuted marath distance in Tempe, Ariza, in 2010 (2:14:32) W his first race in Pittsburgh in 2011: he would have been just a pacemaker for first group, but closed marath in 2:16:40 Represented US team in three World Champiships in marath: 32nd in Daegu 2011 (2:23:33), 13th in Moscow 2013 (2:14:23), DNF in Beijing 2015 In 2014 he was also 8th in Bost with a time of 2:11:57 In November 2017 w half marath in Las Vegas in 64:14 and gave 500$ prize to a fund for victims of shooting at festival country that happened e mth before Has run 24 maraths in his life 20 CHIMDESA Birhanu Gedefa (ETHIOPIA) 2:08:03 MAR: 2:08:03 (Houst 2015) W Houst Marath in 2015 and th Houst 2013; 5th Rome 2012, Beirut 2013 and Beijing 2015; 10th Istanbul 2016; 20th Dubai 2014 Lives in Addis Abeba and is coached by Haji Adilo Has two brors and three sisters Started running in 2004, but has been a professial runner just since 2011 Used to work as a barber in Addis Abeba Debuted marath distance in Rome in 2012 (2:11:30, 5th) - In 2015 w Houst Marath after passing his countrymate Burka with just 400m to go and crossed finish line in a 2:08:03 - In 2016 ran again in Houst and was 3rd in 2:11:53, but winner and runner-up were disqualified for a doping violati Has run 9 maraths in his career Ambo () 16 March 1984

5 21 ABDI Ibrahim Abdo (BAHREIN) 2:12:00 MAR: 2:12:00 (Hefei 2017) W marath in Hefei 2017 Was born in, but in 2015 changed citizenship to Bahrein Lives in Addis Abeba and is coached by Haji Adilo His manager is Hussein Makke In 2014 was 4th 3,000m at Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing In 2014 made natial team at WCh juniores in Eugene, but did not finish 10,000m race Debuted marath distance when 20, in 2017 and w with 2:12:00 in Hefei, capital city of eastern county of Anhui (China) 24 April DERESE Daniel Aschenik (ETHIOPIA) :10:09 MAR: 2:10:09 (Seoul 2014) W maraths in Hyderabad Durban, Hangzhou, Mexico City th Hangzhou 2016; 7th Seoul 2013 and 2014 His manager is Serbia's Obrad Todorovic Debuted marath distance in Pune, India, in 2011, with a time of 2:20:08 In 2015 w three maraths Has run 14 maraths 23 GEZU Belete Meken (ETHIOPIA) Sheno () 26 September ,75 x 61 2:10:34 MAR: 2:10:34 (Carpi 2010) W marath in Tel Aviv in nd Madrid 2017, Caen and Nanjing 2015; 3rd Carpi 2011 Lives in Addis Abeba His manager is Serbia's Obrad Todorovic Debuted marath distance in 2011 (12th in 2:15:15)

6 24 CABRERA LEAL Manuel Jesus (CHILE) Ccepción (Cile) 30 January NAIBEI Rutto Emmanuel (KENYA) 2:18:04 MAR: 2:18:04 (Buenos Aires 2015) 55th at WCh in Ld th Lima 2016; 22nd Rotterdam 2016 Was born and lives in Ccepci, a Chile's coastal city Started running when studying physical educati - Debuted marath distance in Buenos Aires in 2016 (2:18:04) At 2017 World Champiships in Ld set a time of 2:24:08 Has run more than 20 maraths 2:14:05 25 NKHABUTLANE Motlokoa (LESOTHO) Motsekuoa (Lesotho) 15 November ,75 x KEIYO Sams Kipchirchir (KENYA) MAR: 2:14:05 (Zhengzhou 2018) Has run 8 maraths His manager is Italy's Paolo Traversi KIPTOO Vincent Kiplagat (KENYA) 10 August :09:47 MAR: 2:09:47 (Paris 2017) HMAR: 63:25 (Port Elizabeth 2017) NATIONAL RECORD HOLDER 1st Cape Town 2008; 2nd Cape Town 2009; 9th Paris 2017 Lives in Maseru, Lesotho's capital city His manager is Gianni Demadna Debuted marath distance in Cape Town in 2008 (2:15:09) In 2016 ran with a time of 2:11:02 In Paris made a NR 2:09:47, improving old e by 13 secds after 26 years 2:15:44 MAR: 2:15:44 (Nairobi 2016) W marath in Xichang rd Taipei 2017; 10th Nairobi 2016 His manager is Italy's Paolo Traversi 2:09:22 MAR: 2:09:22 (Houst 2010) HMAR: 62:18 (Baringo 2009) W Istanbul Marath in 2010 and rd Ottawa 2007, 2008 and 2012, La Rochelle 2008, Jerusalem 2013; 4th Xiamen 2012; 5th Hannover 2011; 6th Houst 2010 and Kosice 2012; 7th Mumbai 2007 and Rome 2009 Changed citizenship to Qatar with name of Faisal Bader Shepto, but n came back to and to his real name His manager is Italy's Paolo Traversi Debuted marath distance in 2007 in Mumbai (2:15:08) In 2009 was 7th at Rome Marath (2:10:33) Has run 17 maraths and broke 2:10-wall four times

7 30 SERBESSA Workneh Fikre (ETHIOPIA) 11 May :12:10 MAR: 2:12:10 (Seville 2017) HMAR: 63:39 (Madrid 2013) W Marath in Porto in th Seville 2017; 18th Amsterdam 2016 Debuted marath distance with a win in Porto in 2014 (2:13:10) Has been living for years in Spain His manager is Spain's Garcia 38 MUHITIRA Félicien (RWANDA) Rwanda 4 November MWANGI Paul Kariuki (KENYA) PACER HMAR: 60:42 (Milan 2018) Runs for team Run2ger, a no profit associati which promotes athletics in 2 January 1993 DEBUT HMAR: 61:56 (Belfort 2017) : 28:17.07 (Glasgow 2014) Was born in a little place in Bugesera regi, in west Rwanda Has e bror and two sisters Used to be a bicycle taxi driver as a child Used to play soccer Started professial running in 2012, when a teacher noted him His myth is Dieudne Disi, a 59:32 half marath and 2:12 marath runner, who helped him to find first races all over world Made natial team at HM World champiships in Copenhagen in 2014 (41st, 62:31), at cross country WCh in 2015 (35th), while made a DNF in heats 5,000m at WCh in Beijing 2015 In 2016 missed HM WCh in Cardiff for ecomical reass Has been living in Italy since July 2017 Used to train in Siena and Atletica Potenza Picena was his first Italian club Runs for Italia Marath Club, club of Rome Marath Last mth ran 62:04 at Rome-Ostia and 62:47 at Stramilano 54 GRANTHAM Lee (GREAT BRITAIN) 2:21:43 MAR: 2:21:43 (Ld 2017) Debuted marath distance in 2016 in Ld (2:27:24) Runs usually ultra-maraths Last year was e of fastest in world 100 km distance as he w Celtic Plate in 6:42:42 Has been living for years in Sierra Nevada, Spain Great Britain 11 February 1983

8 TOP RUNNERS WOMEN'S RACE F5 MUDE Zeytuna Arba (ETHIOPIA) 2:35:05 MAR: 2:35:05 (Brescia 2014) HMAR: 72:56 (Copenhagen 2017) W maraths in Brescia 2014, Reims 2012, Verbania nd Buenos Aires 2014, Zagabria 2016, Tel Aviv 2017; 6th Mumbai 2015 Debuted marath distance in 2012 (2:46:19 in Lanzhoum China) Has run 9 maraths Her manager is Italy's Antio Nanni 19 November 1983 F6 KIMAIYO Risper Jemeli (KENYA) 26 June :29:16 MAR: 2:29:16 (Rome 2009) HMAR: 74:10 (Nairobi 2009) 50 KM WORLD CHAMPION IN 2016 W marath in Salzburg th at WCh in Berlin nd Salzburg 2012, Casablanca 2013; 4th Amsterdam 2008, Rome 2009, Koln 2011; 5th Warsaw 2017; 6th Daegu 2010; 8th Eindhoven 2010 Her manager is Italy's Antio Nanni Debuted 42,195km distance in Kilimangiaro marath in 2008 (2nd, 2:52:13) Some mths later was 4th in Amsterdam in 2:33:33 In 2009 after her 4th place in Rome was included in team for WCh in Berlin, where she crossed line with a time of 2:39:23 After some difficult years came back to marath in 2017 with a time of 2:43:34 in Warsaw In 2016 w 50 km WCh in Doha (3:22:45) Has run 11 maraths F7 KIBOR Alice Jepkemboi (KENYA) 2:32:28 MAR: 2:32:28 (Marrakech 2017) HMAR: 71:13 (Paderborn 2013) W maraths in Bratislava and Dresda 2014, San Paolo nd Ans 2017; 3rd Kassel 2013, Marrakech and Stockholm 2017 Debuted marath distance in 2013 (2:45:41 in Kassel, Germany) Took podium in every of 8 maraths she has run Her manager is Holland's Gerard Van de Veen 7 September 1992

9 F8 TANUI Angela Jemesunde (KENYA) 2:26:31 MAR: 2:26:31 (Wien 2017) HMAR: 67:16 (Ostia 2016) 5th Wien 2017; 8th Torto 2017 Lives in Iten Has 2 brors and 4 sisters: e of m, Euliter, also is a runner and lives with her in Iten Her boyfriend Elijah Tirop is also a 2:12 marath and 60:55 half marath runner Her manager is Italy's Gianni Demadna Trains in a group with Shar Cherop, who is also racing in Rome Loves soccer and Manchester United is her favourite team Has run 7 times a sub-70 minutes half marath: she set her two best times in Rome-Ostia (67:16 in 2016 and 67:43 in 2017, both as runner-up) Ran a good 2:26:31 in her debut in 2017 in Wien Uasin Gishu, 27 July ,54 x 46 F9 CHEROP Shar Jemutai (KENYA) Marakwet, 16 March ,58 x 44 2:22:28 MAR: 2:22:28 (Berlin 2013) HMAR: 67:08 (New Delhi 2011) 2018 HMAR: 68:22 (Paris 4-3) BRONZE WORLD MEDALLIST IN DAEGU 2011 WON BOSTON MARATHON IN 2012 W maraths in Hamburg and Torto 2010, Turin 2012 and Singapore nd Berlin 2013, Frankfurt 2014, Torto 2015; 3rd St. Paul 2007, Nairobi 2009, Bost 2011, Bost 2013; 5th Bost 2015, Istanbul 2017; 6th Bost 2014; 7th Dubai 2012 Married with Matw Bowen, a 2:10:57 marath runner Lives in Kapsowar Her manager is Italy's Gianni Demadna Used mey prizes she w in many years to build some houses for students near Iten University Grew up in a family of cattle-raisers - Has three brors Started running when she was 13 years old Her myth was n world record holder Carine Ndereba (2:18:47) In 2000 w brze medal 5,000m at WCh juniores Debuted marath distance in 2007 in St. Paul, Minnesota (3rd, 2:38:45) Between 2010 and 2015 had been e of strgest marath runners in world: she ran a 2:22 marath every year from 2010 to 2013, n 2:23:00 in 2014 and 2:24:16 in 2015 Had run for five years in a row ( ) Bost Marath Her winning time in 2012, 2:31:50, was her worst e, because of very warm day In Bost ran 2:22:42 in 2011 (3rd place) and 2:23:00 in 2014 (6th) In 2011 was 3rd at WCh in Daegu with a time of 2:29:14 behind countrymate Edna Kiplagat (2:28:43) and Priscah Jeptoo (2:29:00) Last March 4 came back to a good 68:22 half marath in Paris, her eight time below 70 minutes Has run 19 maraths Holds course record for Turin Marath (2:23:57) and all-comers record in Canada (2:22:42 when winning in Torto 2010)

10 F10 AMENTE Sorome Negash (ETHIOPIA) 2:29:46 F11 BERHA Afera Godfay (ETHIOPIA) MAR: 2:29:46 (Florence 2017) W marath in Florence 2017 Lives in Addis Abeba Her manager is Italy's Gianni Demadna W her first marath in Florence day after turning 20 Dendi, 25 November 1997 Tigray, 25 September ,58 x 43 F12 ALEMU Meseret Abebayehu (ETHIOPIA) 2:29: MAR: 2:28:46 (Lisboa 2017) HMAR: 68:32 (Usti Nad Labem 2016) 2nd Lisboa 2017; 7th Praha 2015; 13th Valencia 2015; 14th Dubai 2016 Lives in Addis Abeba Her manager is Italy's Gianni Demadna Debuted marath distance in Hg Kg in 2015 (2:39:59) Has run 4 times a sub-70 minutes HM Has good s also 5,000m (15:01.20) and 10,000m (31:08.23) F13 AHMED Buzuayehu Mohamed (ETHIOPIA) MAR: 2:29:14 (Barcela 2017) 4th Barcela 2017; 5th Kosice 2017; 6th Beijing 2015 Debuted marath distance in 2015 when was 17 years old (2:38:13 in Beijing) Her manager is Hussein Makke 2:28:46 DEBUT Lives in Addis Abeba Her manager is Hussein Makke 1996

11 F14 TUSA Rahma Chota (ETHIOPIA) 2:25:12 MAR: 2:25:12 (Guangzhou 2017) HMAR: 68:28 (Boulogne-Bill. 2017) WON ROME MARATHON IN 2016 AND 2017 W marath in Guangzhou rd Shangai 2015, Istanbul 2016, Beijing 2017; 7th Xiamen 2016 Lives and trains in Addis Abeba with coach Haji Adilo - Her manager is Hussein Makke Debuted marath distance in 2015 in Shanghai (3rd place with 2:33:57) In 2016 came in Rome as an outsider and triumphed with a time of 2:28:49 After win told press that she would have use prize mey for a new home in In 2017 w again in Rome and set a with 2:27:21 After Rome ran again in Beijing in October (3rd in 2:33:22) and n in Guanzhou in December, where she set a new e course record with 2:25:12 14 September 1993 F15 GOSA Dalila Abdulkadir (BAHREIN) DEBUT HMAR: 68:12 (Valencia 2018) 2018 HMAR: 68:12 (Valencia 24-3) WORLD JUNIOR SILVER MEDALLIST ON 3,000M IN 2016 WORLD YOUTH SILVER MEDALLIST ON 1,500M IN 2015 Was born in, but changed citizenship in July 2013 Her manager is Hussein Makke Has good s 3,000m (8:46.42) and 5,000m (15:10.79) Was qualified for Olympic Games in Rio 2016, but did not start in heats of 5,000m Two weeks ago ran a stunning 68:12 at half marath World Champiships in Valencia, closing in 9th place 27 June 1998 F16 BERISO Medina Nigussie (ETHIOPIA) DEBUT F17 SHURE Jemila Wortesa (ETHIOPIA) Junior African campi 3,000m in 2015 Her manager is Serbia's Obrad Todorovic May :31:50 MAR: 2:31:50 (Wuxi 2017) HMAR: 1:13:25 (Vadodara 2012) W marath in Leiden nd Belgrado 2015; 3rd Santiago and Des Moines 2016; 4th Algeri 2014, Città del Capo 2015 Her manager is Serbia's Obrad Todorovic

12 F19 KORIR Rebecca Jepchirchir (KENYA) 12 August :29:16 MAR: 2:29:16 (Rotterdam 2016) HMAR: 73:32 (Zagreb 2015) 2018 MAR: 2:39:59 (Taipei 18-3) W marath in Sofia nd Ljubljana 2015; 3rd Rotterdam 2016; 4th Mumbai 2016, Singapore 2017, Taipei 2018 Her manager is Italy's Paolo Traversi Has run 8 maraths Between 2014 and 2015 w 11 half maraths out of 12 she raced F20 BARTENGE Priscah Jemutai (KENYA) 2:40:25 MAR: 2:40:25 (Dublin 2016) HMAR: 74:17 (Zagreb 2014) Her manager is Italy's Paolo Traversi 1986